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Painted by the federal Department of Public Works, this wooden sign shows the November, 1942 date of the official opening of the Alaska Highway. Department of Public Works took over administration of the Alaska Highway in April 1964.
Yukon Transportation Museum, Stu Beckett collection, 2002.11.1, Department of Public Works sign. Greg Skuce, photographer.